I've been a full-time freelance travel writer and photographer for more than four decades, including seven years based in Germany and Japan. I'm the author of 9 guidebooks and a co-author of 7 more and have written articles appearing in more than 65 publications and websites. Having written and updated Frommer’s Japan for more than 35 years, I consider Japan my specialty but I write about pretty much everywhere I go. People always ask what my favorite destination is, to which I always reply, “The place I haven’t been to yet.”